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Pseudophilotes abencerragus

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Class
  
Insecta

Family
  
Lycaenidae

Rank
  
Species

Phylum
  
Arthropoda

Order
  
Lepidoptera

Genus
  
Pseudophilotes

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Pseudophilotes abencerragus, the false baton blue, is a butterfly in the Lycaenidae family. It is found on the Iberian Peninsula and in North Africa, Egypt, Israel, Jordan and Saudi Arabia.

The wingspan is 18–22 mm. Adults are on wing from April to May.

The larvae feed on Cleonia lusitanica, Thymus vulgaris, Medicago cf. turbinata, Medicago hispidus, Thymus cf. hirtus, Salvia taraxacifolia and Thymus fontanesii.

Subspecies

  • Pseudophilotes abencerragus abencerragus
  • Pseudophilotes abencerragus felix Manil, 2006 (Morocco)
  • Pseudophilotes abencerragus nabataeus (Graves, 1925) (Saudi Arabia, northern Sinai, the Negev, Jordan)

    • References

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